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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Figured}; p. pr & vb n. {Figuring}.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr figura. See {Figure}, n.] 1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of either palpable or ideal; also to fashion into a determinate form to shape. If love, alas! be pain I bear, No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior. 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. 3. To indicate by numerals; also to compute. As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. --Dryden. 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak. 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak. 6. (Mus.) a To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. b To embellish. {To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of {To figure up}, to add to reckon; to compute the amount of From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: figuring n : problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {calculation}, {computation}, {reckoning}]
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